Kathleen Muriel White passed away peacefully at her home in Pinewood Court in Thunder Bay, Ont. on Tuesday, May 11, 2010 with family at her side. Kaye was born July 20, 1915 at Weymouth, Dorset, England. In 1923, she sailed with her mother to Canada to join her father in […]

GIBSON–Born to Wellington and Krista, nee Vos, of Fort Frances, Ont., a girl, Hailey Marie, weighing 9 lbs. 15 oz. on May 13, 2010 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

DEBENETTI–Born to Ted DeBenetti and Tiffanie Whitefish, of Fort Frances, Ont., a girl, Pheonix Arica Lynn, weighing 10 lbs. 8 oz. on May 11, 2010 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

RYDOELL–Born to Brad Ryodell and Meagan Zachozy, of Fort Frances, Ont., a boy, Charlie John Bradley, weighing 7 lbs. 10 oz. on May 11, 2010 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

BROWN–Born to Kelly Brown and Jasmine Bruyere, of Fort Frances, Ont., a girl, Jordynne Lilli, weighing 8 lbs. 13 oz. on May 10, 2010 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

HOOD–Born to Ryan and Jodie, nee Frankard, of Fort Frances, Ont., a girl, Livia Marie, weighing 6 lbs. 14 oz. on May 10, 2010 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

KRAHN–Born to Andrew and Lynette, nee Steiner, of Barwick, Ont., a boy, Jedrek Tivon, weighing 8 lbs. 5 oz. on May 10, 2010 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

PETERSON–Born to Jason Peterson and Samantha Blackburde, of Barwick, Ont., a girl, Payton Anne Marie, weighing 6 lbs. 10 oz. on May 9, 2010 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

FOURNIER–Born to Jordan Fournier and Jennifer Kivimaki, of Fort Frances, Ont., a girl, Marjanna Maija Renate, weighing 9 lbs. 6 oz. on May 5, 2010 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

Duane Hicks Fort Frances council has finalized the 2010 budget, with residential taxpayers likely to see a tax levy increase of 3.07 percent. But in terms of actual dollars, that increase won’t be as big as it sounds, explained treasurer Laurie Witherspoon. She noted that since the tax rate used […]

Staff The Barwick Blue Knights kept their perfect record intact in a makeup game against Big Island last night. Barwick romped to a 19-2 victory to improve to 3-0 in the Rainy River District Fastball League standings. The game originally was scheduled for Thursday night (May 13), but was postponed […]

Duane Hicks Volunteer Mitchell Riordon spent his day off school yesterday stocking shelves with DVDs at the new Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. Riordon is among the 100-plus volunteers who signed up to help make the move from the old library on Church Street to the new one adjacent […]